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2018: A Strong Canada–Japan Relationship Bodes Best for Peace
- Analysis
- January 10, 2018
At the dawn of 2018, anxiety and uncertainty seem to loom over the horizon. The most obvious risks come from North Korea, with its missile tests and threats to use nuclear warheads against the United States. President Trump’s threatening rhetoric against North Korea’s “Rocket Man,” Kim Jong-un, leads some people in Japan to jest that
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Canada Must Step Up to Help Stop Beijing’s Bullying of Taiwan
- Analysis
- January 10, 2018
China began 2018 with a breach of longstanding arrangements for aviation safety in the Taiwan Straits. On 4 January, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) unilaterally opened up northbound civil flights on flight path M503 and three connecting east–west extension routes, in violation of a mutual agreement negotiated in 2015 between the Taipei Airlines
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Canada’s Foreign Policy “One-Sided,” Not the UN Resolution We Refused to Support
- Analysis
- December 22, 2017
Canada refused to support the UN General Assembly resolution this week that rebuked the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In doing so, the Trudeau government undermined its claim to be cutting a new foreign policy path, distinct from the Harper government. The decision also puts in jeopardy a key foreign
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Trump’s Security Strategy is more about his Personal Grievances
- Analysis
- December 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump released his administration’s national security strategy, presented in a speech to a subdued military audience on the afternoon of December 18th. The strategy document was previewed by Trump’s national security adviser, General H.R. McMaster, at a conference the previous week, and accompanied over the weekend by the usual leaks from anonymous
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